Towel holder



Fatented June 26, 1923.

UNITED STATES enoaenh. so MEn-soi" MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN.

Tower. HOLDER.

applicationfiledFe bruary 7, 1920., Serial no; 356,853.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, Gnoncn A. Sotnrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshfield, in the county of lVood and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Towel Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in towel holders and has for its primary object the provision of a device which will permit towels to be freely clamped therein and supported by the device in such a manner that any pull upon the towel will serve to tighten the same in the holder.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a towel holder of the above stated character which will efiiciently grip the towel but will permit ready removal thereof, when desired.

The invention has for a further object, the provision of a towel holder of the above stated character which will be of simple and inexpensive construction, highly durable and eihcient, which may be manufactured at a small cost and in which the diverging clamping arms will be drawn toward one another to securely grip the towel whenever a pull is exerted upon the same.

Vith the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of cooperating parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a towel holder constructed in accordance with my invention, and illustrating the same with a towel corner clamped therein.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the towel removed.

Figure 3 is a view of the lower portion of the towel holder with the towel mounted. therein and showing the side opposite to that disclosed in Figures 1 and 2, in order that the manner of engaging the towel corner with the holder for clamping engagement therein may be morereadily understood, a portion of the towel being broken away.

Referring more in detail to the drawings 4 in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the main leg of the shank from which the hanger is formed and,

end of the main leg 1 and within which ring 2, is engaged the ring or head of an eye bolt 3 for attaching the shank or entire holder to a stationary support. The shank upon the hanger from-being caught on the free end of the second or auxiliary leg 4 when being engaged upon the hanger or removed, as will be readily understood.

In applying a towel or the like to the hanger or holder, one corner of the towel or other article to be suspended from the hanger is engaged between the legs 1 and 4 in the bottom of the space between the legs 1 and 4 and at which point the legs are slightly separated as will be readily understood by referring to Figure 2 of the drawings. The towel is then extended completely around both of the legs 1 and 4 in either direction and again engaged through the opening between said legs 1 and 4 and brought downwardly over the projecting corner. This corner has been designated by the numeral 7, in the drawings, while the portion wrapped around the two legs 1 and 4 is designated by the numeral 8 and the portion of the towel brought a second time ,2 the ring formed by turning thefupper through the space between the legs 1 and 4 and drawn downwardly is designated by the numeral 9. It will be readily apparent that when the towel is engaged over the holder in this manner, the corner is securely clamped therein and any pull downwardly upon the towel will only tend to draw the legs 1 and 4 closer together and thereby compel them to clamp securely the portions of the towel corner engaged between the legs 1 and 4. Therefore, a secure clamping action of the legs 1 and 4 is caused by the manner in which the towel is engaged therewith, it being understood that the holder is as a heavy wire strand.

substantially throughout and of unequal By constructing the hanger in the manner shown and described, the towel or other article to be suspended therefrom may be readily engaged in clamping position therewith or removed, as desired.

WVhile the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of. parts may be resorted to within thescope of what is claimed without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

V\ hat isc'laimed is A holder consistingfof a length of wire folded upon itself to provide clamping legs length with the shorter leg at its free end diverging from the longer leg, thelonger leg-term nating n a rlng by means of whlch the holderv may be pivotally-suspended from a support, the 's'hortlegterminating below said ring whereby a space is provided between the same and the support by the greater length of the other leg so that said suspending means and ring will not obstruct the attachment of an article to the holder, the connectedend of the legs being lowermost an outwardly extending eye at the free end of the shorter leg, and said legs; being spaced apart to enable a suspended article to bewrapped about theholdera plurality of times. a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. SOMMER-S. Witnesses:

R, E. ANnREws, FRANK VAUGHN. 

